Youth gangs have been a part of New York City life as long as young people have been hanging out on the streets looking for something to do. Unlike adult crimes, most juvenile crime is committed in ...

On Friday, December 20 Gotham Gazette's NYC Book Club had a live chat with Tyler Anbinder, author of Five Points, and Jay Cocks, screenwriter of Gangs of New York ... especially at night, but people ...

Martin Scorsese is known for his New York City movies, yet Gangs of New York had a surprising filming location during ...

One of the most chilling things in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York is a sound ... boats and desperate for a foothold in the New World versus native freeholders jealous to protect their ...

Mike Moy says he was a member of a gang in New York City's Chinatown. He was recruited at his school's gates and then got involved in a gang in the 1970s. Moy claims he was involved in gambling ...

I kept wondering, how did New York look? What were the people like? How did they walk, eat, work, dress?” That childhood obsession with a vanished past propels the Gangs of New York, Scorsese ...